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WASHINGTON — Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven T. Miller offered his fullest explanation to date for the agency’s scrutiny of conservative groups seeking non-profit status, saying that the IRS was not trying to target any particular group but was trying to deal with an influx of applications and a challenging law that limits or even bans political activity by tax-exempt organizations.

“Mistakes were made, but they were in no way due to any political or partisan motivation,” Mr. Miller wrote in an op-ed article published in Tuesday’s editions of USA Today.

Mr. Miller, who became the acting IRS commissioner in November after Commissioner Doug Shulman stepped down, didn’t address complaints from Republican lawmakers that he did not adequately respond to their earlier, repeated questions about whether conservative groups had faced discrimination. Read More »

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